By : Ayuni Shazwani

Color and Application in Confectionery Technology

1. What definition color additive refer to Food and Drug Administration (FDA)?
Color additives is any dye, pigmet or substances that can impart color when added or applied to a food, drug, cosmetic or the human body.

2. List why color is very important in food product?
  • to attractiveness of product
  • product identification and differentiation
  • flavor perception example yellow color will give lemon flavor
  • to protection product
  • enhance natural colors
  • variation
  • provided a colorful identity to foods that are otherwise colorless

3. Color have 2 types. List what types of color and give the example?
  • certified color example FD&C Lakes and Dyes
  • exempt color example natural colors(purple sweet tomato) and titanium dioxide